Bakas

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Locally spelled Бакас in KG Kyrgyzstan.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Bakas is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Baḵāš, Bakás

• English surname7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, India

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Bakås, Bäkäs, Baekaes

• Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Mexico, United Kingdom

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Bakås, Bakás

• Greek surname5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, Cyprus, France

  Also written Μπακας, Mpakas, Μπάκας, Μπακάς

• Turkish surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, India

  Also written Bakaş

• Norwegian surname10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Sweden, United States

  Languages: Norwegian, Swedish, Danish

  Also written Bakaas, Bakås

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Bakas is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swedish, passive infinitive of baka

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In poz-pro, come apart, come untied

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In Filipino, sign; trace; vestige

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In poz-pro, strong, energetic

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In io, present of bakar

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Esperanto, present of baki

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Amalia Bakasb. 1897GRGreek singer
• Vidutis Bakasb. 1942LTLithuanian opera singer
• Vytautas Bakasb. 1977LTLithuanian politician
• Laura Susana BakásARresearcher
• Athanasios BakasGRresearcher

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Bakas mean, and where does it come from?

Borrowed from Greek Μπάκας (Bákas). Recorded by Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames) and Wiktionary.

In which country does Bakas have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 306 people named Bakas, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bakas.

Where is Bakas most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Bakas is densest in Norway — about 1 in 22 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Bakas?

In the United States, the national register counted 306 people named Bakas in 2010, about 1 in 1.1 million residents.